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The assumption is that Britain regarded it as illegal in the same way that the USA would regard it as illegal if, say, the state of Texas was to declare indepen
by RyanMcGreal 13y ago
The assumption is that Britain regarded it as illegal in the same way that the USA would regard it as illegal if, say, the state of Texas was to declare independence today. That said, it's apparently a hot area of debate among people who study law:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15345511
- marcelsalathe 13y agoReally interesting. Thanks for the link.
- prewett 13y agoTexas is the only state that joined by treaty as an independent county, so it seems reasonable that Texas could maybe repudiate that treaty and leave. I think the example would have been better if they had picked one of the other 49 states, which were created from US territories and were part of the US before they were states. Clearly it is not legal for them to leave; there was even a big war fought to decide that question. On the other hand apparently the Supreme Court disagrees with me [1], and only 33% of people polled think that Texas can secede [2]. [1] http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2012/11/constitution-check-can-texas-get-constitutional-permission-to-leave-the-union/ http://blog.constitutioncenter.org/2012/11/constitution-chec... [2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_secession_movements http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_secession_movements
- ekianjo 13y agoThis is not what I have read before about the US constitution. It was very clear at the time the constitution was ratified by the States that they would keep their sovereignty and therefore have a right to secede. Why would it be otherwise, in a country that fought for its independence in the first place? http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/secession-its-constitutional/ http://www.wnd.com/2012/11/secession-its-constitutional/ It's not because there was the Civil War that the Civil War outcome was Lawful. The Southern States had the right to secede and that right was not recognized by Lincoln.
- RyanMcGreal 13y agoAt the risk of making an ad hominem attack, I seriously wouldn't take an op-ed in WND as a credible analysis of US Constitutional law.
- ekianjo 13y agoWell that's what I could find in 5 mins online, but I'm sure there are other, better articles out there about that.
- RyanMcGreal 13y agoHeh, that's what I get for picking a state out of a hat. Thanks for the extra detail on how Texas joined the union!